Merck reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(6,162 total reviews)
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Rob Davis

83% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Merck has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,162 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Merck employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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3.0
Dec 20, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Good work life balance Use of newer technologies Educated workforce Good pay

Cons

Lack of leadership; Mismanagement Matrix organizational structure with no leadership leads to chaos on projects; no one is in charge so many try to take charge and workers are pulled in many different, conflicting directions Lack of communication Inability to effectively manage or implement change; goals are only the goals of senior management, not emplooyees. Management is ineffective in obtaining buy-in from employees. Lack of cooperation among staff; limited sharing of information Lack of shared vision (and lack of communication/promotion of corporate goals) Functions at each step of system life cycle are centralized but workers receive no training Very limited sharing of information among workers; contractors are constantly brought in but are not given background information required to do their jobs. Workers are afraid of being laid off so they hold onto information in an effort to become indispensable.

4.0
Dec 18, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent pay Holiday Shut Down Decent learning experience Tuition Reimbursment - they paid for my masters degree. Good people to work with Strong desire to succeed part of culture

Cons

Pressure to succeed extremely high Expectation of being available at all hours of the day and night. Work life balance - near impossible to raise a family

1.0
Dec 17, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The objective to develop online communities especially within a pharmaceutical company is very innovative and has the potential to transform the way that scientists and workers within Merck develop new ideas and products. Being a part of this initiative could be very exciting. The consultants working in this department for the most part are very bright and experienced people.

Cons

There are so many consultants working on this initiative we're literally tripping over each other. It takes weeks to get a laptop and for some literally 3 months to get assigned a desk and a phone. The level of disorganization and chaos is unparalleled. There is no leader who shares what the big picture is or even lays out what the big and small objectives are. You're on your own baby... And then when you try to reach out and try to connect with the other people within and outside of the department then you're shot down and warned not to communicate with anyone either within or outside the team. Management is very insecure and controlling. Oh yeah, there are at least a half dozen other departments within Merck doing the same thing, some also called CoE.

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